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Re:Reddit's antiwork sub and the online movement to end work by goldenchrome on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:10PM (#29668770)
I used to be pro-UBI but no longer. Here's why: most people will stop working and become largely disconnected from society. They will only worry that the UBI is still coming in. A smaller percentage of people will continue working because they are internally compelled to work. These people will make all of the decisions in society. The power will be concentrated in an even smaller pool of people than today, leading to lesser freedom over time for the masses.

What you actually want in society is for as many people as possible to have the means and motivation to contribute to social progress, to keep it as fair as possible. You want more independence, not more dependence.

Re:Reddit's antiwork sub and the online movement to end work by stirfish on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:24PM (#29668880)
If universal basic income causes most people to stop working, and if the people who keep working get to amass all the power, then wouldn't everyone want UBI so they could keep working and have all the power?

In my head, universal basic income is more like tax returns, but each month instead of each year. Like a tax refund for food and shelter.